April 15, 2010

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After a White House complaint, CBS News removed a story from its website Thursday that asserted Solicitor General and potential Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is a lesbian.

The rundown of possible Supreme Court picks, written by conservative blogger Ben Domenech, referred to Kagan this way:

The likeliest candidate, and it was somewhat of a surprise she didn't get picked last time. Pluses: would please much of Obama's base, follows diversity politics of Sotomayor with first openly gay justice (so would Karlan and Sullivan). Minuses: Seen as too moderate by some on the left; people like Arianna Huffington and Glenn Greenwald strongly dislike her because of her positions on executive power and anti-terror activities. Could be seen as a thumb in the eye of the civil liberties folks.

Domenech, who is editor of a website called the New Ledger, later modified the post to add:

[Update: While Karlan and Sullivan are open about it, I have to correct my text here to say that Kagan is apparently still closeted -- odd, because her female partner is rather well known in Harvard circles.]

CBS added a note to the post saying the White House claimed it was inaccurate and eventually deleted the article altogether.

"I offer my sincere apologies to Ms. Kagan if she is offended at all by my repetition of a Harvard rumor in a speculative blog post. But if I were her, I’d feel pretty good about the fact that the White House specifically responded to this — it seems like a clue as to who the pick will be, doesn’t it?" Domenech wrote.

Former Obama White House Communications Director Anita Dunn faulted CBS for allowing rumors to reported as fact on the site of the venerable news outlet. "The fact that they've chosen to become enablers of people posting lies on their site tells us where the journalistic standards of CBS are in 2010," Dunn told the Washington Post. Dunn, who is working with the White House on the nomination process, accused the blogger of "applying old stereotypes to single women with successful careers."

When Kagan was nominated for the Solicitor General's job last year, a profile of her posted on Fox News's website said flatly that she was homosexual, though it cited no evidence.

"Kagan, who is gay and has advocated to allow openly gay troops to serve in the military, has never litigated in a court trial," said the Fox story, which was on the site for much of last year but has since been removed.

It would be absurd to pick Kagan for the post. If it should be any woman, the pick should be Elizabeth Warren. Warren is the only person in DC that really cares about the working class and is not in the pocket of big business.

"Kagan is a lesbian...none of my business. Kagan is an activist radical in sheep's clothing... my business."
If you're sincere in this, I hope you conduct yourself accordingly. I fear many opponents of Kagan will not. Although I of course disagree with your use of the term activist radical.

Well, this is good news! Gays and lesbians have for far too long been discriminated against. It's time now for the Miss Kagan to be open about her sexual identity. We can only truly exert our power when we are OUT! Discrimination flourishes when we allow it.

You liberals are too funny. The party of "inclusion" prattling on about a gay/not gay/gay candidate for the Court.
The real America just doesn't care, its the quality of character that matters. You pinheads are just a stitch, especially you gay ones.

What would really be refreshing is if the White House, rather than wish to have the story pulled had said, "Elena Kagan's potential candidacy for the Supreme Court is based on her legitimate qualifications to hold the position. No information pertaining to her sexual orientation--rumor or otherwise--would have any effect on her ability to exercise that office, should she be appointed to it." Instead, it seems as if the president--voted into office under the banner of sweeping change--seems to have chosen squelch the story while we prattle like school children about what someone does or does not do in their bedroom. As a citizen of this country, quite frankly I am bored of these rumor-mill questions about sexuality. The only important question is whether or not Ms. Kagan will be an effective member of the Judiciary. So long as she is a law-abiding citizen of the United States, her private life is of little concern.

Given that hussein got a la raza RACIST on the court (BECAUSE SHE IS A RACIST), who could be surprised that the current top criterion for his next nomination is someone that is gay.
Clearly hussein and his lunatic-left pals care nothing about JUDICIAL qualifications

Well, say goodbye to the honorable Boy Scouts if Almighty BO puts a homosexual into the Supreme Court. Absolutely disgusting that these human perversions would be considered for such a position. We might as well regulate that every troop have NAMBLA member as an assistant scoutmaster. Won't they just love being around all of those young boys? Well, every called civilization has gone through their homos are ok stage before their collapse. I guess America is well on its way. Sacraficing unborn babies to the god of convenience, exposing innocent children to perversion, allowing the government funded Planned Parenthood to promote free 'love' even with diseased partners. And, opening our arms to the satanic Moslems. What a lewd and lascivious country we have become.

Simple solution for the press. See who else was living at Kagan's previous addresses in Cambridge, DC & Chicago. Get to work, or say you're sorry for sterotyping an unmarried Rosie O'Donnell look alike.

I thought the dems were the party of Gay pride. Why would they be worried about some prominent appointee being outed as gay? They think gay is wonderful from everything I hear. Bill Clinton loved gays, still does. (probably means less competition for the women he hunts tirelessly)
The democrat party is built on the votes of homosexuals, illegal aliens, white-hating "people of color", atheists, communists, socialists, animal rights nutballs, environmental terrorists and just plain loons. The last thing they need to worry about is some appointee being outed.

@retired coach:
Your post is ridiculous, but at the very minimum, I must point out: are you really unaware of the numerous white, male SCOTUS justices who have adultered and engaged in "binge drinking"? Should we toss them too, because they made an "immoral" (in your eyes, not mine) choice? In fact, lets just nominate all white Catholic males regardless of the qualifications of 'lesser' people like women or god forbid, LESBIANS!, pretend that they do nothing immoral or wrong, and live by their words for the rest of our lives....oh, wait; that's been our history to date.

If she practices the gay lifestyle she should not be a Supreme Court Justice. God's Word is so clear about the lost eternal destiny of those who practice this type of lifestyle. It would be impossible for her to interpret the law without some leaning bias to this corrupt and immoral behavior.

Special army unit ready to be deployed on American soil just before November elections in October
Posted by Kevin A Crosbie on April 14, 2010 at 6:25am
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Special army unit ready to be deployed on American soil just before Nov. elections
n October of this year, one month prior to the November midterm
elections, a special army unit known as 'Consequence Management
Response Force' will be ready for deployment on American soil if so
ordered by the President.
The special force, which is the new name being given to the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 3rd Infantry,
has been training at Fort Stewart, Georgia and is composed of 80,000
troops.
According to the Army Times,
They may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control or to deal with
potentially horrific scenarios such as massive poisoning and chaos in
response to a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or high-yield
explosive, or CBRNE, attack.
The key phrase is 'may be called upon to help with civil unrest.'
This afternoon a local radio talk show host reported that he had been in
contact with a member of the military. This military source stated that
the armed forces have been alerted to the strong possibility that civil
unrest may occur in the United States this summer, prior to the midterm
elections of 2010.
The source described this as 'our long, hot summer of discontent' that could be eerily reminiscent of the summer of
1968 when riots broke out in many of our largest cities.
However, the summer of 2010 could well be much worse due to the players
involved. In 1968 the major players were war protesters. This time, the
outrage simmering beneath the surface of American society involves a
broad cross-section of the heartland, and most of them are heavily
armed.
It is highly unlikely that these citizens would ever initiate armed conflict of any kind. In their view, gun rights are for
self-defense--and for defense against tyrannical government, which our
Founders regarded as the most dangerous force on earth.
However, it has become clear that other groups may well initiate violence in
order to start an 'incident' that would give Obama and a rogue Congress
a reason to implement martial law, confiscate the citizens' guns,
enforce curfews, and suspend all future elections until such time as it
is deemed 'safe' to proceed with human liberty as encapsulated in the
right to vote.
Tea Party members, for example, have been warned in recent days that members of Andy Stern's SEIU union and members of
the organization formerly known as ACORN plan to infiltrate Tea Party
gatherings in order to incite some sort of incident that could result
in armed conflict.
In addition, all indications point to a humiliating defeat for the Democrats and Obama in November. Not only
will the House in all likelihood transfer to Republican control, but it
is increasingly possible for the Democrats to lose the Senate as well.
And there are Leftwing groups in this country that would use whatever means necessary to prevent that from happening.
ACORN has already gone underground, changing its name so as to fly beneath
the radar screen. How many people will the group register to vote
illegally?
And with Obama's plan to naturalize between 10 and 20 million illegal aliens, a brand new voter base for the Democrats will
be in place prior to November.
Add to this the growing unrest over continued high unemployment, the coming spike in interest rates
and inflation, and the still-boiling outrage over the manner in which
Obama and the Democrats shoved ObamaCare down the throats of the
citizens, and all of the ingredients are present for a major F-5
tornado to sweep across the heartland.
To what extent would soldiers use deadly force during such 'civil unrest' should the
Consequence Management Response Team be utilized? During the anti-war
riots of the 1960s they killed student protesters. What about now?
The military source cited by the radio host today was asked this very
question. He would merely say that the culture of the U.S. military is
changing--half support Obama and the other half are dead-set against
him.
His conclusion? There is no way to know for sure if they would obey an order to open fire on ordinary citizens.

Posted By: Special army unit ready to be deployed on American soil just before November elections in October
P | April 16, 2010 at 05:24 PM

Why in the world is THIS White House reacting as if sexual orientation is relevant? Do we not live in an enlightened age of equality regarding sexual preference? The way this has played out, the White House looks homophobic.

Well I see may posters still have the brain of an eight year old. Wasn't Harriet "the cleaning lady" Meyers a single, older, career gal? She was "outed" for being a dope, not for any suspicion she was gay. It's so juvenile. It's hard to believe in our modern society that loons like "Retired Coach" (or should I say "RETIRED COACH" so you're sure to notice me/him), "Beesman", "Patrico' and "incalifornia" still spew not so much hatred, but outright stupidity usually having nothing to do with the subject at hand. I'm guessing you guys are pretty proud of yourselves, thus the using your real names and all. Oh, never mind. And Jocko, are you taking time out from defending the Roman Catholic Church to post today? If not, you really should send the Vatican your resume.

If nominated and confirmed, Kagan would be the third Jewish justice on the nine-member highest court of a country in which Jews constitute 2.2% of the population. Is this more or less relevant than her sexual tastes?

Posted By: If nominated and confirmed, Kagan would be the third Jewish justice on the nine-member highest court | April 16, 2010 at 09:46 PM

So sad. The "Tiffany Network" of Murrow, Sevareid, and Cronkite dropping to the level of the boys restroom stall graffiti peddled in so many online comments sections (including so many of the comments in this thread). Worse yet that they hired this clown in spite of many red flags (e.g., serial plagiarism) and tried to defend their equivalent of "For a good time, call ..." slander as legitimate journalism. Imagine a high school newspaper editor trying this line: "If it was written in the high school boys restroom that Linda is a slut, of course we should report it, even if it is a rumor." And CBS can't live up to the standards that we expect of adolescents? It is not surprising that Fox would wallow in this gutter given the tempting dog-whistle opportunity and their general lack of standards. However, for CBS to do it, I can only assume that they are dropping whatever standards they still retained and tossing their credibility to get some more page views.

@ "If nominated and confirmed ..." Yes, assuming you are right that she identifies as Jewish (I don't know), there would be three Jews but also six Catholics on the Supreme Court. This would seem to be quite a triumph for America's claim to be open to religious minorities.
Is it unbalanced demographically? Yes. However, there are traditional, coincidental, or culturally-based concentrations of certain ethnic groups in certain occupations. Irish cops, Korean grocers, Indian medical doctors, and Jewish lawyers may all be stereotypes, but they each have at least some basis in empirical reality. So what? On the other hand, we have had 43 presidents (not counting Cleveland twice) with only one Catholic and one black, even though Catholics and blacks are about one-quarter and one-eighth of the population respectively.
Another triumph of our religious tolerance (at least within the Judeo-Christian fold) is that, if Kagan were to be nominated and confirmed, every one of these nine Catholics and Jews would have been nominated by a Protestant president. There is some hope for us yet.

Kagan doesn't remotely represent the people of the United States or their interests. I fear for my country. We desperately need a moratorium of sorts on Supreme Court appointments that narrowly serve the interests of those hidden behind the scenes. The politicization of that misused institution needs to stop. But how?

Posted By: Kagan doesn't remotely represent the people of the United States or their interests. I fear for my c | April 16, 2010 at 11:13 PM

Kagan doesn't remotely represent the people of the United States or their interests. I fear for my country. We desperately need a moratorium of sorts on Supreme Court appointments that narrowly serve the interests of those hidden behind the scenes. The politicization of that misused institution needs to stop. But how?

"The fact that they've chosen to become enablers of people posting lies on their site tells us where the journalistic standards of CBS are in 2010," Dunn told the Washington Post. Dunn, who is working with the White House on the nomination process, accused the blogger of "applying old stereotypes to single women with successful careers."
But it isn't a lie, apparently!

CBS in trouble with the WH for posting a story on a potential candidate for SCOTUS? You mean they didn't run this story before "beedied eyed" Gibbs and the "anoited one"? better call Pravada,and Tass,someone is asleep at the wheel,they need pointers!

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, 19 because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. 20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, 21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.
24 Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, 25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.
Romans Chapter 1, God is not to be mocked. America must repent.

To the queer activists aka hetero-phobes, all criticism is hate. Hetero-phobes are the worst form of haters out there. The world is not viewed through sexual orientation except by the sex obsessed. Keep sex private and out of the public square, you filthy minded lust-buckets. No activists judges, please, just those who can read the constitution and realize acceptance of public immorality is national suicide. Promotion of narcissistic self-indulgence as a protected class is sickening.

What's wrong with being a lesbian? Isn't it among, or lobbied to be among, the "protected groups?" Would it be wrong to identify someone as a "wise Latina?" Isn't it just the same thing?
I don't get all the panty hose twisting just because someone is identified as a lesbian. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and has another duck for a roommate, it's a duck.
Get over it.

Anita Hill is another interesting nominee for SCOTUS ,. If confirmed she and Justice Clarence Thomas could again splir hairs over the issue is pubic hair on soda can constitute sexual harassment. Link:
http://www.nndb.com/people/460/000025385/

Posted By: Anita Hill is another interesting nominee for SCOTUS ,. If confirmed she and Justice Clarence Thomas | April 18, 2010 at 12:38 PM